EW had the exclusive that DC and Marvel’s mysterious collaboration will kick off this September with the one-shot Deadpool/Batman by Zeb Wells and Greg Capullo. Then, in December, Grant Morrison and Dan Mora team up for the one-shot Batman/Deadpool.
So what’s Deadpool/Batman about?
Wade Wilson is hired for a job in Gotham City that puts him in the crosshairs of the World’s Greatest Detective. Plus, “backup adventures” that features “exciting Marvel and DC character match-ups,” according to an official description.
“After writing Amazing Spider-Man for 60 issues, I told Marvel I needed a break,” Wells told EW. “Marvel told me I could do that or I could write a comic starring Deadpool and Batman with the best Batman artist of our generation. I no longer needed a break. In Batman we’ve found someone who has even less time for Deadpool’s antics than Wolverine, but a city-wide threat from the Joker makes strange bedfellows (literally, if Deadpool had his way). It’s been a blast letting Deadpool loose in Gotham City and watching what happens.”
Capullo added, “Am I dreaming? This crossover is likely to be the high point of my career…and, I’ve had a great career,” the artist adds via email. “Some of my earliest work (many years ago) was on X-Force, so Deadpool and I go way back. More recently, I spent 10-plus years drawing Batman at DC. The idea that I get to do a crossover event with Deadpool and Batman…If I am dreaming, please don’t wake me!”
As for the Morrison/Mora jam, expect story details later this year.
“I don’t do many comics these days but there was no way I could turn down the chance to work with Dan Mora again, one of my all-time favorite artistic collaborators — and definitely no way I could turn down Batman and Deadpool!” Morrison said in a statement. “Expect 4th wall-busting mayhem, owls, blood, blades, and at least one giant typewriter!”
Mora added, “This is more than I ever imagined I could do in my career, and it is a huge honor to be part of this crossover: it doesn’t happen too often, and I am a huge Deadpool fan! When I first worked with Grant, I didn’t know what to expect, but it was an incredible team-up. I always hoped to work with Grant again, and working on Batman/Deadpool is like a dream come true. Grant and I working together on this once-in-a-lifetime project is going to be such a fun experience.”
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